2004 Gen Y arrived in the workplace and brought a very different attitude to work and their entitlements
Gen Y seem to have such a 'sense of entitlement'
Biggest generation gap is between Gen X and Gen Y
Gen X are the smallest group by % in Australia
Generational theory is the study if formative influences ie. the first 8-10 years of their life INFLUENCES
Influences
Characteristics
The Builders
- World wars
- The Depression
- The Industrial revolution
- The 'production line' workplace to work like big machines
- The individual is a 'small cog in a big machine' and the individual had to play their role
- Frugal
- Dutiful
- Stoic
- Hardworking
- Proper
- Waste not want not
Baby Boomers
(Shaped the world we live in)
- Man on the moon
- Television (sound + vision) (Leave it to Beaver, Father knows best etc)
- The swinging 60's
- The Pill
- The Cold War
- Optimistic
- Competitive (keeping up with the
Jones')
- Stylish
- Assertive
- Afraid of ageing
Generation X
(The Lost generation)
- Vietnam War
- Alternate families (soaring divorce rates, both parents working etc)
- The launch of the first PC
- AIDS is given a name
- The fabric of society fraying and changing/crumbling at the edges
- Skeptical
- Pragmatic
- Embrace change & risk
- Value friendship and community often
over family
- Least engaged within the Church
Generation Y
(1979 - the International year of the child)
- Pampering from parents
- The internet
- The global village
- Economic stability and prosperity
Michael McQueen - Understanding the Generations @ School
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Ph: 1300 701 915
Complete notes from all of Michael's sessions: (in Evernote format to import into Evernote)
Books:
The New rules of engagement - http://www.thenexgengroup.com/page/online-store/
Momento - www.mementobook.com
Advance Australia where? - http://www.amazon.com/Advance-Australia-Where-Hugh-MacKay/dp/0733622194
Free Range kids - http://www.amazon.com/Free-Range-Kids-Children-Freedom-Without/dp/0470471948
The Platinum rule - http://www.amazon.com/Platinum-Rule-Discover-Business-Personalities/dp/0446673439
2004 Gen Y arrived in the workplace and brought a very different attitude to work and their entitlements
Gen Y seem to have such a 'sense of entitlement'
Biggest generation gap is between Gen X and Gen Y
Gen X are the smallest group by % in Australia
Generational theory is the study if formative influences ie. the first 8-10 years of their life
INFLUENCES
- The Depression
- The Industrial revolution
- The 'production line' workplace to work like big machines
- The individual is a 'small cog in a big machine' and the individual had to play their role
- Dutiful
- Stoic
- Hardworking
- Proper
- Waste not want not
(Shaped the world we live in)
- Television (sound + vision) (Leave it to Beaver, Father knows best etc)
- The swinging 60's
- The Pill
- The Cold War
- Competitive (keeping up with the
Jones')
- Stylish
- Assertive
- Afraid of ageing
(The Lost generation)
- Alternate families (soaring divorce rates, both parents working etc)
- The launch of the first PC
- AIDS is given a name
- The fabric of society fraying and changing/crumbling at the edges
- Pragmatic
- Embrace change & risk
- Value friendship and community often
over family
- Least engaged within the Church
(1979 - the International year of the child)
- The internet
- The global village
- Economic stability and prosperity
(1999 - 2012?)
- Risk averse
- Empowered
- Worldly wise (prematurely mature)
- Protected
- Protected from negative emotions of:
Disappointment
Sorrow/Loss
Boredom